RMP 039 — Lessons from Hurricane Helene

Episode Notes

News

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Apple News

• Speculation about an October event

• iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS 15, watchOS 11 released

Linux/FOSS news

• A 9.9/10 severity Linux vulnerability disclosed in the CUPS project

• Ubuntu 24.10 “Oracular Oriole” (plus flavors) are expected to release on October 10

  • 20th Anniversary Features

Microsoft News

• Microsoft, Google, and Amazon buying up Nuclear Power for their AI data centers

• Microsoft set to reopen and utilize Three Mile Island facility

• According to Ars Technica, Microsoft is also partnering with Blackrock and others to form a new initiative regarding the powering of AI datacenters

• The Remote Desktop Connection application for Windows, macOS, iOS, iPadOS has been rebranded as Windows App with a new UI based on other Microsoft 365 applications. A web app is also available and Android support is in beta.

Creepy AI News

• Omnipresent AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says Larry Ellison

• Watch his presentation

• Introducing SocialAI; a private social network where you only engage with LLM bots…

Other Tech News

• YouTuber ChromaLock modded a TI-84 calculator to access the web and ChatGPT

• AI community platform, Hugging Face, has surpassed 1 million models

• Nintendo shuts down another Switch emulator Ryujinx

Retro gaming/tech news

• Starcraft and Starcraft II remasters coming to PC Game Pass on November 5

• Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto indicates Nintendo’s future is not with AI

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Command line/FOSS tool of the week: Cinecred

Cinecred is a FOSS tool licensed under GPLv3 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It lets you create a spreadsheet with credit information for films. Import the spreadsheet, edit the fonts, layout, and more then add the credit roll to your movie.

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